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"Have you ever seen a big wave? One that's 20, 30, 40, even 50 feet tall? Here's a better question: would you ever surf a big wave? Sarah Gerhardt did-and this is her story. Full of thrills and scientific facts, Sarah and the Big Wave is about the first woman to surf Mavericks, a break known as "Mount Everest meets Niagara Falls." This is a tale of adventure and indomitable spirit."-- Provided by publisher.

"From the million-copy bestselling author Lucy Clarke, a sun-soaked thriller on the Moroccan coast where deadly secrets threaten to breach the surface. High on the cliffs of Morocco, far from the city lights and the souks, stands The Surf House: a sanctuary for travelers chasing sunshine and waves. But the idyll hides a dark mystery. And when Bea washes in, seeking refuge after a dangerous encounter in Marrakesh, she soon gets caught in the current....

"Keynote From former 21-Jump Street writer and creator Patrick Hasburgh, a part thriller, party family novel about an ex-pat American living and surfing in Mexico, the family he loves, and the murder he witnesses, in the vein of Don Winslow's The Dawn Patrol" -- Provided by publisher.

'Iwa Young, a field biologist dedicated to protecting her rainforest home from a proposed Eco Resort, finds her focus tested when Dane Parsons, a big wave surfer, offers to help her cause, despite her rule against dating surfers. Their evolving relationship unfolds amidst thrilling surf adventures from Maui to Portugal.

Lawyer Storm Kayama attends an O'ahu North Shore surfing competition where her distant cousin Nahoa Pi'ilani is competing and finds herself researching a local legend to stop a killer who's threatened Nahoa with an ancient Hawaiian artifact.

"A biography of Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku, five-time Olympic swimming champion from the early 1900s who is also considered worldwide as the 'father of modern surfing'"--Provided by publisher.

The author chronicles his life after moving to New York City where he struggles with anxiety, discovers a surf culture at Rockaway Beach, and deepens his obsession with "Moby Dick." Justin Hocking lands in New York hopeful but adrift. He's jobless, unexpectedly overwhelmed and disoriented by the city, struggling with anxiety and obsession, and attempting to maintain a faltering long-distance relationship. As a man whose brand of therapy has always...

"When a former speechwriter for President Obama starts surfing at the age of thirty-five-the rough equivalent of beginning guitar lessons on your deathbed-he is taken on an unexpected journey in which he has to learn from the only other surfer he knows, his brother-in-law, Matt, a Joe Rogan superfan"-- Provided by publisher.

"Southern California, 1960s: endless sunny days surfing in Malibu, followed by glittering neon nights at Whisky A-Go-Go. In an era when women are expected to be housewives, Carol Donelly is breaking the mold as a legendary female surfer struggling to compete in a male-dominated sport--and her daughters, Mindy and Ginger, bear the weight of her unconventional lifestyle. The Donnelly sisters grow up enduring their mother's absence--physically, when...